A former Bachelor contestant claims she suffered a 'heart attack' as a side effect of receiving her first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Monique Morley, 29, shared her experience in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, after being hospitalised in Sydney several weeks ago.
She insisted vaccine-related heart complications 'are not rare anymore', despite medical doctors saying her symptoms are unrelated to the shot.
The Bachelor star Monique Morley, 29, (pictured) has claimed she suffered a 'heart attack' as a side effect of receiving her first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
'I'm sharing my story hoping to help others not feel so alone, to bring awareness that this is real. It does happen. It's not rare anymore,' she began.
The lingerie designer claimed that 15 minutes after getting her vaccine she began to 'fit uncontrollably' for 45 minutes, but her doctor said her symptoms weren't caused by the jab.
Ms Morley, who says she has no history of seizures, agreed to 'go home and rest'.
She claims she had another fit the next day, and decided to call an ambulance after experiencing symptoms including lockjaw, clammy hands, heart palpitations and blurred vision.
Monique Morley, 29, shared her experience in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, after being hospitalised in Sydney several weeks ago
Ms Morley said the ambulance workers who arrived at her home once again told her the symptoms were unrelated to the Pfizer vaccine, and that she continued to experience chest pain and shortness of breath.
She then allegedly woke up the next day at 4.30am having 'a heart attack'.
She was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac-like tissue that surrounds the heart, which holds it in place and helps it function.
The lingerie designer claimed that 15 minutes after getting her vaccine she began to 'fit uncontrollably' for 45 minutes, but her doctor said her symptoms weren't caused by the jab
After her diagnosis, doctors supposedly told Ms Morley there was nothing she could do except 'rest and take Panadol'.
'It's just so defeating having everyone tell you that it's not related when really it is', she added, describing the experience as 'traumatic'.
Ms Morley said she hopes her story inspires people to have an open mind when it comes to vaccine side effects.
One of her Instagram followers asked if she had any preexisting health conditions that could have caused the pericarditis.
She replied: 'Absolutely nothing. Don't smoke. Don't drink. Don't take drugs. Don't even have caffeine.'
Ms Morley accompanied the post with a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed 'shortly after getting her first Pfizer shot'.
She contrasted this with another photo, taken a week before she received the vaccine, of herself posing in a swimsuit.
In other recent social media posts, she claims she is recovering thanks to naturopathic care and IV vitamin drips.
These aren't medically recommended treatments for pericarditis.
In the last 24 hours, Ms Morley's account of her suspected side effect has become a flashpoint for anti-vaxxers who grossly exaggerate the number of adverse reactions to the vaccine.
Ms Morley, who says she has no history of seizures, agreed to 'go home and rest'. She claims she had another fit the next day, and decided to call an ambulance after experiencing symptoms including lockjaw, clammy hands, heart palpitations and blurred vision
Pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart) and myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) have been observed in an extremely small number of people after they receiving mRNA vaccines, of which Pfizer is one.
The cases were disproportionately men and teenagers under the age of 30 after their second dose of the jab.
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